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Railway engineer George Stephenson's steam-powered engine The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials in Liverpool, UK. In 2008, Stephenson's achievement will inspire UK band O Titus! to write Stephenson's Rocket, and a year later singer-songwriter John Standring will release his tribute song Rocket.
Peter Zinovieff is born in London, UK. As a pioneer of electronic music, he will found and head Electronic Music Studios [EMS] whose VCS and Synthi A synthesisers will be used by musicians including Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, David Bowie and White Noise.
John Giddings is born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He will become one of the world's most successful music agents and promotors, responsible for tours by artists including The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Genesis, Celine Dion, Iggy Pop and David Bowie.
The Walt Disney ainimated musical feature Peter Pan is released to cinemas in Australia, Oceania. The film includes such Sammy Cahn-composed songs as The Second Star To The Right, You Can Fly and A Pirate's Life.The Walt Disney ainimated musical feature Peter Pan is released to cinemas in Mexico, North America. The film includes such Sammy Cahn-composed songs as The Second Star To The Right, You Can Fly and A Pirate's Life.Bobby Rydell, Helen Shapiro, The Spotnicks, The Chants, The Harlems and The Trebletones play at The Gaumont, Southampton, England, UK, Europe.
Bobby Rydell, Helen Shapiro, The Spotnicks, The Chants, The Harlems and The Trebletones play at The Odeon, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
Bobby Rydell, Helen Shapiro, The Spotnicks, The Chants, The Harlems and The Trebletones play at The Gaumont, Ipswich, England, UK, Europe.
Peter, Paul And Mary release a new single, Puff aka Puff The Magic Dragon, on Warner Bros Records in the UK.
Rising English pop star David Jones changes his name to David Bowie, allegedly to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees.
Davie Bowie and the Lower Third play at The Cedar Club, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe. Davie will subsequently change his name to David Bowie.
The Cream have their second recording session of this month in Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA, where they work on Sunshine Of Your Love, Tales Of Brave Ulysses, Dance The Night Away, We're Going Wrong and other tracks.
Pink Floyd have a recording session in Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on Corporal Clegg and Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun.
While in the town of Appleton, Wisconsin, USA, for a concert, The Fugs perform an exorcism on the grave of Senator Robert McCarthy, leader of the anti-communist witch hunts of the 1950s.
The Fifth Dimension begin recording sessions at Wally Heider Recording, Los Angeles, California, USA, for their album The Age Of Aquarius.
David Bowie, in London, England, UK, Europe, receives a recording contract from Mercury Records office in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He will sign it four days later.
Pink Floyd play at The Great Hall, Imperial College, London, England, UK, Europe.
David Bowie releases a new single, Life On Mars, on RCA Records in the UK.
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Alice Cooper appears, dressed as a pregnant Alice In Wonderland, on the cover of Sounds music paper in the UK.
David Bowie's Station To Station tour plays in The Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
David Bowie appears at City Court, Rochester, New York State, USA, on felony pot possession charges. 
On his Serious Moonlight tour, David Bowie plays during three nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.
On his Serious Moonlight tour, David Bowie plays the first of two nights at The RAS Showgrounds, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
Touring in support of their fourteenth album, The Chronicle Of The Black Sword, Hawkwind play at The Polytechnic, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.Touring in support of their fourteenth album, The Chronicle Of The Black Sword, Hawkwind play at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, UK, Europe.Hawkwind play at The Assembly Hall, Worthing, England, UK, Europe, supported by Dumpy's Rusty Nuts.
Lucasfilm Ltd. files a $300m federal trademark infringement lawsuit against 2 Live Crew leader Luther Campbell, who has been performing under the name Luke Skyywalker. Lucasfilm believes that, despite the two Ys, the name is too similar to their Star Wars character Luke Skywalker.
On his Sound And Vision Tour, David Bowie plays at Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain, Europe, with Kim Wilde as his special guest.
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True, starring Jackson Browne, Roger Daltrey [of The Who], Natalie Cole, Jewel, Dr. John and Ry Cooder is staged at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, USA. The show is filmed and will be released as a tv special and a soundtrack album.
It is reported that Hollywood spiritualist Father Gilberto has performed an exorcism on former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee to banish evil demons which his wife, Pamela Anderson, believes have been affecting his behaviour.
In an interview in UK tabloid newspaper The Sun, David Bowie tells Dominic Mohan that he is refusing to accept a knighthood from the Queen - unlike his contemporary Sir Mick Jagger.
Rob Zombie plays at The House Of Blues, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.David Bowie and his wife Iman attend the 2010 CFDA Fashion Awards at Lincoln Centre, New York City, USA.
It is revealed, via an interview in Us magazine, that Lady Gaga plans to become the first professional musician to sing in space, a goal she hopes to achieve in early 2015 during a commercial flight on a Virgin Galactic ship travelling into sub-orbital space.
On their 3-D Concerts tour, Kraftwerk play at The Brighton Centre, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.
European Space Administration astronaut Alexander Gerst has his first interaction with a new artificial intelligence device, CIMON (short for Crew Interactive Mobile CompanioN), in the Columbus Lab aboard the International Space Station. During their interaction, Cimon plays the Kraftwerk song The Man Machine at Gersh's request, but does not stop playing the music when Gersh tells him to. Instead Cimon says, "I love music you can dance to." Later, Cimon tells Gersh, "Be nice to me."
A tape believed to have been the first demo recording of David Bowie's song Starman sells for £50,430 at Omega Auctions in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, England, UK, Europe.
Josefin Öhrn and the Liberation release their third album, Sacred Dreams, via Rocket Recordings.
Cirith Ungol headline the second night of the Keep It True Festival at Lauda Konigshoffen, Germany, Europe.1829 |
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